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'English-speaking' woman found semi-naked in park was sexually assaulted by three men in Valencia

Businessman gets 36 years in prison for raping his children’s nanny three times at his Costa Blanca villa in Spain

A man has been jailed for 36 years for raping his children’s nanny three times at his Calpe villa on the northern Costa Blanca. An

20 May, 2021 @ 19:39

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

‘Hugging’ robberies continue to hit the elderly on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A woman involved in a spate of hugging robberies has struck in Alicante Province yet again, this time in Crevillente. The 21-year-old and her male

20 May, 2021 @ 18:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

EXPLAINER:- The latest vaccination state of play for the Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

EXPLAINER:- Check the latest in the COVID-19 vaccination programme for the Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

COVID vaccinations for Valencian Community residents in their thirties will begin in July. Valenician president, Ximo Puig, announced the timing of the next age range

20 May, 2021 @ 17:45

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencian Community

Fraudster arrested in Costa Blanca street for running bogus real estate website and pocketing money from victims in Spain

‘BOGUS BROKERS’ conned Costa Blanca businessman out of €100,000 in share scam in Spain

AN Elche businessman lost €100,000 to two fraudsters who said they were going to invest his money in stocks and shares. The bogus brokers, aged

20 May, 2021 @ 14:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Benidorm set for night-time curfew after big COVID case rises in Costa Blanca area of Spain

END IN SIGHT after seven months of COVID-19 curfew restrictions in the Costa Blanca area of Spain

THE midnight curfew in the Valencian Community will be pushed back to a 1.00 am start from this Monday(May 24), subject to approval by the

20 May, 2021 @ 14:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencian Community

COVID-19 case numbers continue dropping in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Latest COVID-19 figures and hospital admissions from the Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

NEW COVID-19 cases have held absolutely steady according to this evening’s figures(May 19) published by the Valencian health authority. They announced 138 new infections today

19 May, 2021 @ 20:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencian Community

BIG HASH STASH of under 4,000 kilos on a speedy ‘narcoboat’ is intercepted at a Costa Blanca beach in Spain

PLANS to land almost 4,000 kilos of hashish by boat on the Costa Blanca came unstuck this morning(May 19) when the craft was intercepted by

19 May, 2021 @ 19:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

BENIDORM presents a new way of booking everything for the perfect holiday on Spain’s Costa Blanca

BENIDORM has unveiled a one-stop internet site where tourists can book everything for their holiday, including tickets to get there. The new portal was unveiled

19 May, 2021 @ 17:45

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Hotels in Spain get busier with domestic bookings but they are desperate for UK and foreign tourists

DOMESTIC hotel bookings in Spain are experiencing a surge since the ending of the second State of Alarm on May 9, but its the foreign

19 May, 2021 @ 14:07

Lead·Travel News

Heartless fraudster cons elderly Benidorm lady of over €40,000 in bogus search for remains of parents killed in the Spanish Civil War

A conman swindled €43,600 from a 91-year-old Benidorm woman in a bogus search to find the remains of her parents who died in the Spanish

19 May, 2021 @ 13:30

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

COVID-19 cases maintain reduced totals in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

COVID-19 hospital admissions fall below 150 patients in the Costa Blanca area of Spain as new infections creep up

COVID-19 hospitalisations have dropped to below 150 patients in the Valencian Community. The latest figures from the regional health ministry tonight(May 18) showed there were

18 May, 2021 @ 19:20

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencian Community

GOOD AS GOLD as tricksters fool jewellers on Spain’s Costa Blanca into buying fakes

A young couple swindled jewellers and gold exchange stores across Alicante City by selling them fake trinkets and rings with a gold-style covering sprayed onto

18 May, 2021 @ 17:48

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Top court rejects extra night-time hours for clubs and late bars in Costa Blanca area of Spain

COSTA BLANCA curfew set to continue as judges will rule over the extension of one of Spain’s few remaining night-time closures

VALENCIA’S Supreme Court(TSJCV) will decide this week whether the Valencian Community’s midnight curfew can continue past May 24. Regional president, Ximo Puig, initially wanted the

18 May, 2021 @ 17:10

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencian Community

Top Benidorm theme park to partially reopen on Spain’s Costa Blanca in July

BENIDORM’S Terra Mitica theme park will welcome visitors from July 3 after being shut throughout 2020. It will be the first time the park will

18 May, 2021 @ 15:45

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Highest weekend COVID-19 case figures this month across Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

NEW COVID-19 cases have produced their highest May weekend total in the Valencian Community. Health ministry figures released tonight(May 17) show 387 new infections since

17 May, 2021 @ 20:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencia

Alicante calls time for 2021 on one of the top outdoor events of the year on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ALICANTE Council has cancelled this year’s San Juan Hogueras(Bonfires) celebrations to extinguish the chance of an autumn rescheduling. It’s the second year that the Hogueras

17 May, 2021 @ 18:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Brexit Answers To Come For Brits On The Costa Blanca Thanks To Special 'zoom' Sessions

BREXIT ANSWERS to come for Brits on the Costa Blanca in Spain thanks to special ‘Zoom’ sessions

BRITISH residents in Alicante Province can join a series of ‘Zoom’ webinars to ask questions about living in Spain in the post-Brexit era. The events

17 May, 2021 @ 17:45

Brexit·Costa Blanca·Lead

Record May foreign tourist figures in Spain

Heatwave brings out law-abiding visitors to Benidorm and across Spain’s Costa Blanca

A big rush of visitors to Benidorm and the Costa Blanca over the weekend did not fuel a parallel rise in COVID health safety rule-breaking.

17 May, 2021 @ 16:15

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

PURRRRING CAR: Kitten rescued by police in Spain’s police after being stuck inside car engine for hours

HAPPY ENDING for kittens left to die in a suitcase on Spain’s Costa Blanca

FIVE kittens cheated death after being crammed into a suitcase and dumped on land in Alicante. Their ordeal had a happy ending after the small

17 May, 2021 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Negligent dog owner loses jail sentence appeal over neglect after her puppy died on Spain's Costa Blanca

Negligent dog owner loses jail sentence appeal after six-month-old puppy died on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A Costa Blanca woman has lost her appeal against a three-month jail sentence for letting her dog die from serious neglect. She also got a

14 May, 2021 @ 18:54

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

COVID-19 infections and hospital cases record new falls in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

LATEST COVID-19 case and hospital admission figures for the Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

NEW COVID-19 cases and hospitalisations are maintaining their significant falls, helped by increasing vaccinations in the Valencian Community. The regional health ministry today(May 14) reported

14 May, 2021 @ 17:49

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencian Community

GETTING BATTY for home comforts to fight off mosquitoes in a park area on Spain’s Costa Blanca

BATS and birds are being coaxed to have a home in a Costa Blanca park in order to fend off nasty pests and mosquitoes. Boxes

14 May, 2021 @ 15:46

Costa Blanca·Environment

Benidorm and other major Costa Blanca cities get ready for the busiest weekend of the year

MAJOR centres across the Costa Blanca are stepping up their security measures this weekend in anticipation of a big influx of visitors. Alicante, Benidorm, Denia

14 May, 2021 @ 15:05

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

'extremely Violent' Drug Dealer Is Arrested On Spain's Costa Blanca After Attempted Killing Of Client

‘EXTREMELY VIOLENT’ drug dealer is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca after he tried to kill a customer

DNA analysis has helped police arrest a man branded as ‘extremely violent’ in Crevillente. The 37-year-old drug dealer is accused of trying to kill a

14 May, 2021 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law

Single-day COVID-19 case record broken in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Good pandemic news with fresh falls in both COVID cases and hospital admissions on Spain’s Costa Blanca

131 new coronavirus infections were announced tonight(May 13) in the Valencian Community by the regional health authority. COVID case numbers are continuing their downward spiral

13 May, 2021 @ 20:30

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencian Community

MOULDY MANGOES were sold as Spanish produce to fool shoppers at a Costa Blanca market in Alicante

FIVE Alicante market traders are in trouble for selling wrongly-labelled or out-of-date food on their stalls. A dozen inspections by the Guardia Civil uncovered 20,000

13 May, 2021 @ 20:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

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Businessman gets 36 years in prison for raping his children’s nanny three times at his Costa Blanca villa in Spain

‘Hugging’ robberies continue to hit the elderly on Spain’s Costa Blanca

EXPLAINER:- Check the latest in the COVID-19 vaccination programme for the Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

‘BOGUS BROKERS’ conned Costa Blanca businessman out of €100,000 in share scam in Spain

END IN SIGHT after seven months of COVID-19 curfew restrictions in the Costa Blanca area of Spain

Latest COVID-19 figures and hospital admissions from the Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

BIG HASH STASH of under 4,000 kilos on a speedy ‘narcoboat’ is intercepted at a Costa Blanca beach in Spain

BENIDORM presents a new way of booking everything for the perfect holiday on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Hotels in Spain get busier with domestic bookings but they are desperate for UK and foreign tourists

Heartless fraudster cons elderly Benidorm lady of over €40,000 in bogus search for remains of parents killed in the Spanish Civil War

COVID-19 hospital admissions fall below 150 patients in the Costa Blanca area of Spain as new infections creep up

GOOD AS GOLD as tricksters fool jewellers on Spain’s Costa Blanca into buying fakes

COSTA BLANCA curfew set to continue as judges will rule over the extension of one of Spain’s few remaining night-time closures

Top Benidorm theme park to partially reopen on Spain’s Costa Blanca in July

Highest weekend COVID-19 case figures this month across Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Alicante calls time for 2021 on one of the top outdoor events of the year on Spain’s Costa Blanca

BREXIT ANSWERS to come for Brits on the Costa Blanca in Spain thanks to special ‘Zoom’ sessions

Heatwave brings out law-abiding visitors to Benidorm and across Spain’s Costa Blanca

HAPPY ENDING for kittens left to die in a suitcase on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Negligent dog owner loses jail sentence appeal after six-month-old puppy died on Spain’s Costa Blanca

LATEST COVID-19 case and hospital admission figures for the Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

GETTING BATTY for home comforts to fight off mosquitoes in a park area on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Benidorm and other major Costa Blanca cities get ready for the busiest weekend of the year

‘EXTREMELY VIOLENT’ drug dealer is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca after he tried to kill a customer

Good pandemic news with fresh falls in both COVID cases and hospital admissions on Spain’s Costa Blanca

MOULDY MANGOES were sold as Spanish produce to fool shoppers at a Costa Blanca market in Alicante

What is turron? All you need to know about the Spanish Christmas treat

Spain doesn’t quite get Christmas as we know it, writes MICHAEL COY – so here’s how to enjoy it the Spanish way

MICHAEL COY introduces us to his hero – George Santayana: A Spanish-American thinker famous for his pithy sayings

Daring swashbuckle and the restoration of honour: MICHAEL COY on a Spanish theatrical classic -the Mayor of Zalamea

‘Greenhouse’ gas dealers arrested after police find €3m of cannisters set for fridges and air conditioners in Spain